The Prince and Grand Master

The Grand Master is elected for life from the
Professed Knights by the Council Complete of State.
According to the Constitution, as the religious
Superior and Sovereign, he must fully dedicate
himself to the development of the works of the Order
and to set an example of living by Christian
principles, to all the members of the Order. He is
vested with supreme authorities. Together with the
Sovereign Council, the Grand Master issues the
legislative measures not covered by the
Constitutional Charter, promulgates government acts,
manages Common Treasure assets, ratifies,
international agreements and the summoning of the
Chapter General. The States with which the Order has
diplomatic relations recognise the Grand Master with
the prerogatives, immunities and honours reserved
for Heads of State. He is bestowed the title of Most
Eminent Highness, and the Holy Roman Church confers
him the rank of Cardinal. The Grand Master resides
at the Order's seat of government in Via Condotti in
Rome. Profile of His Most Eminent Highness the
Prince and Grand Master Fra’ Matthew FESTING
Fra’
Matthew Festing, an Englishman, was elected Prince
and Grand Master of the Order of Malta on 11th March
2008 by the Council Complete of State of the Order
of Malta. He succeeds Fra’ Andrew Bertie, 78th Grand
Master (1988-2008), who died on 7 February.

Born in
Northumberland on 30 november 1949, educated at
Ampleforth and St. John's College Cambridge, where
he read history, Fra’ Matthew, an art expert, has
for most of his professional life worked at an
international art auction house. As a child he lived
in Egypt and Singapore, where his father, Field
Marshal Sir Francis Festing, Chief of the Imperial
General Staff, had earlier postings. He is also
descended from Sir Adrian Fortescue, a knight of
Malta, who was martyred in 1539.

The Coat of Arms of
Grand Master Festing

Fra’
Matthew Festing served in the Grenadier Guards and
holds the rank of colonel in the Territorial Army.
He was appointed OBE (Officer of the Order of the
British Empire) by the Queen and served as her
Deputy Lieutenant in the county of Northumberland.
He became a member of the Sovereign Order of Malta
in 1977, and took solemn religious vows in 1991,
becoming a Professed Knight of the Order. Between
1993 and 2008 he was the Grand Prior of England. In
this capacity, he has led missions of humanitarian
aid to Kosovo, Serbia and Croatia after the recent
disturbances in those countries, and he attends the
Order's international annual pilgrimage to Lourdes.
As well as his passion for the decorative arts and
for history, his encyclopaedic knowledge of the
history of the Order of Malta is well known.

The Sovereign Order of Malta is a sovereign
subject of international law. The Order - which is
based in Rome, in via Condotti - has its own
Government, an independent magistracy, bilateral
diplomatic relations with 104 countries and is
granted the status of Permanent Observer in many
international organisations, such as the United
Nations. Its operational activities are managed by
the six Grand Priories, six Subpriories and 47
National Associations of Knights in the five
continents. The Order issues its own passports and
stamps and creates public institutions, endowed with
independent juridical personality. Order's life is
governed by the Constitutional Charter and the Code,
reformed in 1997. The Grand Master governs the Order
both as sovereign and religious head. He is elected
for life, within the professed knights in perpetual
vows. He is assisted by and presides over the
Sovereign Council, which is composed of four high
offices - Grand Commander, Grand Chancellor, Grand
Hospitaller, and Receiver of the Common Treasure -
as well as six other members, all elected by the
Order's Chapter General for a five-year term. The
Council of Government and the Board of Auditors,
whose compositions reflect the international
character of the Order, assist the Grand Master and
the Sovereign Council. The Chapter General also
elects these two bodies for a five-year term.

The legal system of the Order is expressed by the
usual division into three powers:

Legislative power

Rests with
the Grand Master and Sovereign Council for non-constitutional
matters; with the Chapter General, representing the Supreme Assembly
of Knights, as far as constitutional rules are concerned.

Executive power

Rests with the Sovereign Council, chaired by
the Grand Master and composed of ten Knights elected by the Chapter
General.

Judicial power

It is exercised by the Magistral Courts of
First Instance and of Appeal, composed of judges appointed by the
Grand Master and the Sovereign Council from Order members of legal
expertise.

Government Bodies

Council Complete of State

The Council Complete of State meets to elect the Grand Master or the
Lieutenant of the Grand Master. The election of the Grand Master
requires a majority plus one of those present entitled to vote, as
provided for in Art. 23 of the Order of Malta Constitution. Among the
holders of voting rights are the Lieutenant of the Grand Master or
Interim Lieutenant, the members of the Sovereign Council, the Prelate,
the Priors, the professed Bailiffs, two professed Knights delegated by
each Priory and fifteen representatives of the National Associations.

Chapter General

The Chapter General represents the Supreme Assembly of Knights and
meets every five years to elect the members of the Sovereign Council,
the Government Council and the Board of Auditors, to amend the
Constitution and Code as appropriate and to discuss important issues
such as spiritual status, the humanitarian activities programme and
international relations of the Order. It is composed, among others, of
representatives of Order bodies in the world: Grand Priories,
Subpriories and National Associations.

Sovereign Council

The Sovereign Council is the government of the Order. It is composed
of the Grand Master, the holders of the four High Offices (Grand
Commander, Grand Chancellor, Grand Hospitaller and Receiver of the
Common Treasure) and six other members. Apart from the Grand Master,
they are elected by the Chapter General, by a majority of the Knights
present. The Sovereign Council is called by the Grand Master and meets
at the seat of the Order at least six times a year and whenever special
circumstances require it.

Government Council

This is the advisory board to the Sovereign Council in charge of
studying political, religious, humanitarian assistance and international
issues. It is convened and chaired by the Grand Master and is composed
of six Councillors from various geographical regions elected by the
Chapter General among Knights in the three Classes of the Order. It
meets at least twice a year.

Board of Auditors

Is in charge of overseeing and auditing the income, the expenditures
and all the assets of the Order. It consists of a President, four
ordinary Councillors and two alternates, elected by the Chapter General,
from amongst Knights with particular expertise in legal, economic and
financial disciplines. It also serves as an advisory board of the
Receiver of the Common Treasure.

Communications Board

The Communication Board supervises the internal and external
communication activities of the Order and assists the Grand Chancellor
in the development and implementation of communication programmes. It is
composed of a President and six Councillors chosen from members of the
Order, competent in various sectors of communication, management, public
relations and mass-media.

Juridical Council

This is an expert advisory collegial body that may advise the Grand
Master, subject to consultation with the Sovereign Council, on relevant
legal issues. It meets at the seat of the Order and is composed of a
Chairman, a Vice-Chairman, a Secretary General and four members.
These are appointed by the Grand Master with the advice of the
Sovereign Council ideally from members of the Order, and are law
experts, particularly in Order Law, public and international law and
Canon Law.

Magistral Courts

Pursuant to the Code, the Magistral Courts exercise the
jurisdictional function of court of first resort and of appeal. The
Presidents of the Court, the Justices and the Chancellor are appointed
by the Grand Master, with the deciding vote of the Sovereign Council,
among Order members with legal expertise. Trial procedures, except for
directives set forth by the Code, are subject to the rules of civil
procedure of the State of the Vatican City. Upon written request of
States or international law entities, the Magistral Courts may also act
as an arbitration venue for international controversies.

The Office of Advocate General

The Office of Advocate General provides legal assistance pursuant to
the Code and is made up of independent members of the legal profession
of eminent repute who are experts in law and versed in the traditions
and customs of the Order. It is composed of the Advocate General and two
alternates who are appointed by the Grand Master with the Sovereign
Council for a period of three years renewable. The organisations of the
Order should seek the advice and the assistance of the Office of the
Advocate General whenever necessary and especially in cases which
involve complex legal issue.

Receiver of the Common Treasure

The Receiver of the Common Treasure - the
Minister of Finance - directs the administration of
the finances and the property of the Order in
coordination with the Grand Chancellor, under the
authority of the Grand Master and the surveillance
of the Board of Auditors. He is responsible for
drawing up the annual accounts, relating to the
economic and financial state of the Order,
submitting them to the Board of Auditors and to the
Grand Master, with the advice of the Sovereign
Council, for approval. Also with the advice of the
Sovereign Council, he submits to the Grand Master
for approval the acceptance of inheritances,
bequests and donations, and the disposal and
subsequent reinvestment of the goods of the Order.
He manages and supervises the Magistral Postal
Service and, through the Secretary General , the
internal services of the Magistral household, the
Personnel Office of the Grand Magistry, the Office
of Technical Services and the superintendence of the
Magistral Palace and related buildings. With the
mandate of the Grand Master, the Receiver also
supervises the administration of the organisations
and works of the Order. He is the counter-signatory
for acts of disposal or assignment and contracts
which involve the property of the Grand Magistry and
the Priories.

Profile of the Receiver of the Common Treasure
H.E. Marchese Gian Luca CHIAVARI
Bailiff Grand Cross
of Honour and Devotion in Obedience Gian Luca Chiavari was born in Rome on January
11, 1935, to H.E Ambassador to the Italian Republic
Marquis Gian Gerolamo Chiavari and Marquise Laura
Pallavicino. Married to Marchesa Elena Cattaneo
della Volta di Belforte, Dame Grand Cross of Honour
and Devotion in Obedience of the Order of Malta, he
has three children: Fabiano, Violantina and Giacomo.
He graduated with honours in Business Administration
from the University of Genova and was the Italian
delegate to the International Associations of
Students of Business Administration. He served in
the military as Officer of the Cavalry Regiment of
Genova. Until 1994 he was a member of the Executive
Committee of the Shell Group in Italy and worked
abroad for many years with this company. Admitted to
the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in 1979, made
the Promise of Obedience in 1983. Elected Receiver
of the Common Treasure at the 1999 Chapter General,
re-elected in 2004 and in 2009. Counsellor of the
Pilgrimages of the Italian Language and of the
Committee for Pilgrimages to Lourdes. Has also been
Counsellor of the Italian Association and member of
the Council for Communications of the Order. He is
Vice President of the Corps of Italian Nobility and
President Emeritus of the Association of Nobles of
Liguria.

Bilateral relations with countries

The diplomatic activities of the Order are
closely linked to its humanitarian mission: the
presence of accredited diplomatic missions in more
than 100 countries of the world supports the
activities of the Order. In the international
political field, the Order of Malta is neutral,
impartial and non-political. Because of these
characteristics, the Order can act as a mediator
whenever a State requests its intervention to settle
a dispute.The Order has steadily increased its diplomatic
relations in recent years. Today the Order has
Diplomatic Missions in 104 countries – many of which
are non-Catholic – and missions to some European
countries, as well as to European and international
organisations.

The Order of Malta also has official relations with:

The Order of Malta has relations at Ambassador level with:

International Organisations

INTERNATIONAL HOSPITALLER COMMITTEE OF THE ORDER OF
MALTA

The International Hospitaller Committee of the
Order of Malta coordinates the international
activities of the Order’s national associations and
organizations. Its mission is to promote the
activities of the Order and the identity of its
institutions which operate at the international
level, in accordance with the Order’s mission. It is
presided over by the Grand Hospitaller and has its
headquarters in the Magistral Palace in Rome.

MALTESER INTERNATIONAL

Malteser International is the Order of Malta’s
international relief organisation for medical and
humanitarian aid. Its worldwide operations include
emergency medical interventions, long term
reconstruction and development programmes. Since
2005, Malteser International has replaced ECOM
(Emergency Corps of the Order of Malta). A new
structure, but with more than 50 years experience in
humanitarian operations.
There are 20 Order of Malta Associations belonging
to Malteser International: Austria, Belgium, France,
Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy,
Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal,
Switzerland, Hungary, Mexico, Australia, Singapore
and the three Associations in the United States of
America.
Malteser International – which currently runs
missions in 30 countries – has its headquarters in
Cologne, Germany.For further information on Malteser
International:www.malteser-international.org

CIOMAL, INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE ORDER OF
MALTA

CIOMAL, the International Committee of the Order
of Malta, was created in 1958 and for 50 years has
been fighting leprosy and helping those marginalised
by society as a result of having the disease.
CIOMAL’s two major current projects are in South
East Asia and South America. CIOMAL finances and
manages the care centres where prevention, medical
assistance, social rehabilitation and medical staff
training are organised in collaboration with the
government of the hosting country. Today, due to the
availability of new medical treatments, important
results have been achieved in the battle against the
disease. Leprosy will eventually disappear as a
life-threatening illness, but in the meantime,
CIOMAL continues to offer medical care to sufferers
in the countries at risk. To date, 17,000 leprosy
patients have been cured. CIOMAL, which has
headquarters in Geneva, is affiliated to the
International Federation of Anti-Leprosy
Associations and collaborates with the World Health
Organisation; its programmes are carried out in
accordance with their directives.

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC BIOETHICISTS

The new challenges posed by controversial and
emerging questions in Bioethics brought various
national Associations of the Order of Malta to
create the International Association of Catholic
Bioethicists, whose mission is to promote and foster
cooperation among Catholic bioethicists. By creating
a network for international collaboration, the IACB
seeks to increase the capacity of Catholic
bioethicists to participate in public discussions
and to promote ethics in health care and research
globally.Bioethicists associated with the IACB join a
community of supportive peers, receive information
relevant to their work, and participate in
IACB-sponsored events and projects such as an
international colloquium every two years; national
and regional colloquia; collaborations in education,
research and publications.IACB was launched in Toronto in August 2003,
during the 1st International colloquium on “Globalization
and the Culture of Life” organised by the Canadian
Association of the Order of Malta and the Canadian
Catholic Bioethics Institute in Toronto: 57
bioethicists from 19 countries on five continents
participated. In 2004 the secretariat was set up in
Toronto with the support of several national
Associations of the Order of Malta. Since then,
three other International Colloquia have been held
in different countries, the most recent in Cologne
in July 2009. A fifth one is scheduled for 2011.For more information, please visit:
www.iacbweb.org

960 Years of history

1048 Jerusalem

The birth of the Order dates back to around 1048.
Merchants from the ancient Marine Republic of Amalfi
obtained from the Caliph of Egypt the authorisation
to build a church, convent and hospital in
Jerusalem, to care for pilgrims of any religious
faith or race. The Order of St.John of Jerusalem -
the monastic community that ran the hospital for the
pilgrims in the Holy Land - became independent under
the guidance of its founder, Blessed Gérard. With
the Bull of 15 February 1113, Pope Paschal II
approved the foundation of the Hospital and placed
it under the aegis of the Holy See, granting it the
right to freely elect its superiors without
interference from other secular or religious
authorities. By virtue of the Papal Bull, the
Hospital became an Order exempt from the Church. All
the Knights were religious, bound by the three
monastic vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.
The constitution of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
regarding the crusades obliged the Order to take on
the military defence of the sick, the pilgrims and
the territories that the crusaders had conquered
from the Moslems. The Order thus added the task of
defending the faith to that of its hospitaller
mission. As time went on, the Order adopted the white
eight-pointed Cross that is still its symbol today.

1310 - Rhodes

When the last Christian stronghold in the Holy Land
fell in 1291, the Order settled first in Cyprus and
then, in 1310, led by Grand Master Fra' Foulques de
Villaret, on the island of Rhodes.

From then, the defence of the Christian world
required the organisation of a naval force. Thus the
Order built a powerful fleet and sailed the Eastern
Mediterranean, fighting many famous battles for the
sake of Christendom - for example, the Crusades in
Syria and Egypt. From its beginning, the
independence from other nations granted by
Pontifical deed, and the universally recognised
right to maintain and deploy armed forces,
constitute the grounds for the international
sovereignty of the Order. In the early 14th century the institutions of the
Order and the knights who came to Rhodes from every
corner of Europe were grouped according to the
languages they spoke. There were initially seven
groups of Langues (Tongues): Provence, Auvergne,
France, Italy, Aragon (Navarre), England (with
Scotland and Ireland) and Germany. In 1492 Castille
and Portugal split off from the Langue of Aragon and
constituted the eighth Langue. Each Langue included
Priories or Grand Priories, Bailiwicks and
Commanderies. The Order was governed by its Grand Master (the
Prince of Rhodes) and Council, minted its own money
and maintained diplomatic relations with other
States. The senior positions of the Order were given
to representatives of different Langues. The seat of
the Order, the Convent, was composed of religious of
various nationalities.

1530 - Malta

After six months of siege and fierce combat
against the fleet and army of Sultan Suleiman the
Magnificent, the Knights were forced to surrender in
1523 and left Rhodes with military honours. The Order remained without a territory of its own
until 1530, when Grand Master Fra' Philippe de
Villiers de l'Isle Adam took possession of the
island of Malta, granted to the Order by Emperor
Charles V with the approval of Pope Clement VII. It was established that the Order should remain
neutral in any war between Christian nations. In
1565 the Knights, led by Grand Master Fra' Jean de
la Vallette (after whom the capital of Malta,
Valletta, was named), defended the island for more
than three months during the Great Siege by the
Turks.

1571 - The Battle of Lepanto

The fleet of the Order, then one of the most powerful in
the Mediterranean, contributed to the ultimate destruction
of the Ottoman naval power in the Battle of Lepanto in 1571.

1798 - In exile

Two hundred years later, in 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte
occupied the island for its strategic value during his
Egyptian campaign. Because of the Order’s Rule prohibiting
them to raise weapons against other Christians, the knights
were forced to leave Malta. Although the sovereign rights of
the Order in the island of Malta had been reaffirmed by the
Treaty of Amiens (1802), the Order has never been able to
return to Malta.

1834 - Rome

After having temporarily resided in Messina, Catania and
Ferrara, in 1834 the Order settled definitively in Rome,
where it owns, with extraterritoriality status, the
Magistral Palace in Via Condotti 68 and the Magistral Villa
on the Aventine Hill.

The 20th and 21th Century

The original hospitaller mission became once again the
main activity of the Order, growing ever stronger during the
last century, most especially because of the contribution of
the activities carried out by the Grand Priories and
National Associations in so many countries around the world.
Large-scale hospitaller and charitable activities were
carried out during World Wars I and II under Grand Master
Fra' Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere(1931-1951). Under
the Grand Masters Fra’ Angelo de Mojana di Cologna
(1962-1988) and Fra' Andrew Bertie (1988-2008), the projects
expanded until they reached the furthermost regions of the
planet. To discover more about the current activities of
the Order, please visit the Medical and humanitarian
activities section of this web site.

Mission

Mission of the Order

The Order of St John of Jerusalem is one of
the oldest institutions of Western and Christian civilisation.
Present in Palestine in around 1050, it is a lay religious Order,
traditionally of military, chivalrous, noble nature. Its 13,000
members include Professed Friars and others who have made vows of
obedience. The other Knights and Dames are lay members, devoted to
the exercise of Christian virtue and charity. What distinguishes the
Knights of Malta is their commitment to reaching their spiritual
perfection within the Church and to expending their energies serving
the poor and the sick. The Order of Malta remains true to its
inspiring principles, summarised in the motto "Tuitio Fidei et
Obsequium Pauperum", defence of the Faith and assistance to the poor
and the suffering, which become reality through the voluntary work
carried out by Dames and Knights in humanitarian assistance and
medical and social activities. Today the Order carries out these
activities in over 120 countries.

Characteristics of the Order

The Sovereign Order of Malta is a sovereign subject of
international law, with its own constitution, passports, stamps, and
public institutions. The 79th Grand Master, Fra' Matthew Festing,
was elected Head of the Order for life on March 11th 2008. The Order
has diplomatic relations with 104 countries - many of which
non-Catholic - and missions to major European countries, as well as
to European and international organisations. The Order of Malta is
neutral, impartial and non-political, which is why it can
successfully act as a mediator between States.

The Order and the Republic of Malta

The Order has recently returned to Malta,
after signing an agreement with the Maltese Government which granted
the Order the exclusive use of Fort St. Angelo for a term of 99
years. Located in the town of Birgu, the Fort belonged to the
Knights from 1530 until the island was occupied by Napoleon in 1798.
Today, after restoration, the Fort hosts historical and cultural
activities related to the Order of Malta.

The Grand Priory of England

There were English knights of the Hospital from the time of the
First Crusade, long before the foundation of the English Langue in the
early years of the fourteenth century. In the English Langue were knights
from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Around 1144, two priories were
established, one for England, Wales and Scotland, and another for Ireland.
The superior was the Prior at Clerkenwell, whose territory also included a
commandery in Wales. The Prior of Ireland, whose grand commandery was at
Kilmainham, came under Clerkenwell's jurisdiction, though this was not
always very effective as Irish brethren sometimes became involved in their
country's internal wars. Scotland had only one commandery, Torphichen, in
Midlothian, whose incumbent was known as "Prior of Scotland," though he
was subordinate to Clerkenwell.

The Prior of England, "My Lord of Saint John's," given precedence
before all lay barons, was an important figure in English life. Like the
rest of the Order, the Grand Priory of England received a great accession
of wealth and property when the Templars were suppressed in 1312.In Scotland the Commander of Torphichen, the "Lord of Saint Johns" sat
in Parliament until 1563. The heir of the last commander still sits in
Parliament as Lord Torphichen.In 1380, a Prior of England, Robert Hales, became Treasurer to Richard
II. His poll tax proved unpopular, provoking the Peasants' Revolt in 1381.
Clerkenwell was burned and Robert was executed with the Archbishop of
Canterbury by an angry mob.

Such events did little to diminish the Order's
prestige, however. The Peasant's Revolt was all but forgotten when Henry
VII was named "Protector of the Religion." In 1517, Thomas Stanley, 2nd
Earl of Derby, and Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, were received
into the Order as "knights of honour," a grade which did not require a vow
of profession.In 1527, the Grand Master named Henry VIII "Protector of the Religion,"
the title the Sovereign's predecessor had accepted. But royal favour was
not to survive the winds of the Reformation, and Henry dissolved the Grand
Priory in 1540. Several prominent knights of Malta were executed between
1539 and 1541 for denying the Royal Supremacy: Thomas Dingley, Adrian
Fortescue, and David Gunston. William Salisbury and John Forest died in
prison.Queen Mary revived the English Langue in 1557, and Clerkenwell was
restored under the Grand Prior Thomas Tresham. The Virgin Queen was less
sympathetic. In 1559, Elizabeth dismembered the Priory and seized its
lands and assets.Today, the gatehouse of the old Priory of Clerkenwell is the seat of
the Most Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem in the British Realm,
which purchased it during the nineteenth century. In 1963, the Order of
Malta and the Venerable Order (the latter was founded by Royal Charter in
1888) signed a joint declaration of recognition and cooperation, though
there exists no historical connection between the two orders.Despite the Reformation and the consequent dissolution of the Grand
Priory of England, there were always English, Scots or Irish knights of
Malta. Until the end of the eighteenth century, most of the Englishmen and
Irishmen tended to join the Italian Langue, while Scots usually joined the
French Langues. Titular Grand Priors were appointed, together with titular
Priors of Ireland and Bailiffs of Egle. The Order was not without recusant
knights, but the last titular Grand Prior of England, Girolamo Laparelli,
died in 1815.Edward VII received the honorary cross of a Bailiff Grand Cross of the
Order of Malta in 1882; he wore it during a visit to Malta after his
accession to the throne.The Sub Priory of the Blessed Adrian Fortescue was founded in 1972,
with Lord Robert Crichton-Stuart as Regent. Subsequent Regents included
Andrew Bertie (the Order's Grand Master from 1988 to 2008), Viscount
Furness, the Earl of Gainsborough, and the present Grand Master, Matthew
Festing. In 1993, the Grand Priory of England was restored after being in
abeyance for nearly 450 years except for titular Grand Priors.The 56th Grand Prior of England, Frà Fredrik Crichton-Stuart,
succeeded
Frà Matthew Festing, presently Prince Grand Master of the Order, in
2008
and held the position until his death on 14 June 2011. The 57th Grand
Prior, Ian Scott of Ardross, was installed on 13 October 2011. The Grand
Priory's ecclesiastical seat is the Church of St. John of Jerusalem in
St. John's Wood, London.

"One of the main techniques for breaking morale through a strategy of terror consists in exactly this tactic--keep the person hazy as to where he stands and just what he may expect. In addition, if frequent vacillations between severedisciplinary measures and promises of good treatment together with the spreading of contradictory news, make the cognitive structure of this situation utterly unclear, then the individual may ceaseeven to know a particular plan would lead toward or away from his goal. Under these conditions even those individuals who have definite goals and are ready to take risks are paralyzed by severe inner conflict in regard to what to do. Dr. Kurt Lewin (Tavistock's designer of the OSS, the forerunner of the CIA) "excerpt from 1991 John Coleman's:CONSPIRATORS' HIERARCHY: THE STORY OF THE COMMITTEE OF 300

The winner is: The corrupted House of God, the Catholic church and the Jesuit Order of Malta, not the sovereign states of Europe

Jesuit Herman Van Rompuy

"Van
Rompuy gained substantial favour as a candidate for the new job of
full-time European Union President relatively late in the game. It was
his consensus-building skill holding a challenging coalition together at
home which grabbed attention."

, really?

well
no, not really, but that is what mainstream media will sell you, the
truth however is far from surprising to those who know, how in a
corrupt, docile and media mind controlled population democracy is on
sale and can be bought by demagogues with, well , money:

Money says more than words, sometimes, like the Euro, it even says the word:

M A L T A

with its cross embedded on it, Malta is a word that says "more than words" :

If
we haven't been hypnotized for the past few decades and if, we "follow
the money", we arrive at the European central banks that deposit their
assets 'along with the world's majority of central banks' in a PRIVATE
consortium, a virtual central bank of all central banks B.I.S. in Basel
Switzerland, and as savage as the washing machine BCCI (Basel Committee
on Bank Supervision) , founded and funded by the Onassis, Rothschild and
Rockefeller name lender's of the wealthiest institution of the world:
Vatican City, if you still think Bill Gates is the richest man you
really need to trash that T.V. already.

This
bank has been used to finance the modern Jesuit crusades with the
octopus arm of the Military Order of Malta, SMOM, CIA and its subsidiary
Xe security corporation previously known as black-water.

Knights Hospitaller Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of MaltaThe Jesuits within the Sovereign Military Order of Malta SMOM with a permanent seat and powers at the United Nations
that no other country enjoys, only that it is not a country, is
protected by international law and sovereignty recognized by most
countries, a privilege of virtual unaccountability with no borders, all
rights and no responsibilities but to their master general (whomever that is since there appears to be secrecy of real hierarchy) .

(putting
my sarcastic style in context and to the side, most readers will find
these claims made up and shocking, if that is the case it is even more
important to corroborate, these are indeed serious accusations that
unless disproved, require action against a perilous repetition in
history)

Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium
rome-pius is now crowned as the first president of the Kingdom of
Europe. (There are even rumors that he is the anti-christ, and it would
not be surprising that the antichrist, wether real or not, or antagonism
to truth, play thing of the reptilian Gods would come from the
Vatican's wolves in sheep clothes.)

Thus
the embedded cross will be defended along and by the bank of central
banks, I repeat:privately owned and Jesuit founded BIS, virtual owner of
the way-too-BIG-to-fail central banks and their bonus with the taxes of
the too-small-to-save Europeans, a victory for the reptile priesthood
insatiable thirst, and an ever bigger rip-off for you.

The
world banking system is then coordinated by the Bank for International
Settlements whose seat is in Basel, Switzerland, not the World Bank nor
the IMF as usually led to believe but close enough still in the land of
Heidi and nice watches.

BIS was created to support the Jesuit Eurasian crusade named World War II.

BIS tower in Baselif you think it looks like the tower of Babel you are not alone

The
alibi for its creation was the Treaty of Versailles: (Wikipedia)
“…After World War I, the need for the bank was suggested in 1929 by the
Young Committee, as a means of transfer for German reparations payments -
see Treaty of Versailles….”.

In the German page of Wikipedia on
BIS (translated below), they tell you explicitly: "During the Nazi age
from ’33 to ’45 the BIS was considered a Nazi-friend bank with a strong
German internal influential group. Emil Puh was both vice- president of BIS and president of Nazi Reichsbank.
After the Austrian Anschluss (1938) BIS took the Austrian gold and was
involved with the Nazi robbery of the Nazi occupied Tschoslovakey.

Norman Montagu, who was at the same time the president of BIS and of the Bank of England,
didn’t obstruct the National-Socialist robbery. From the April 1939 the
American lawyer Thomas McKittrick was drafter in the BIS in order to
achieve a democratic façade. BIS worked as clerk for the financial
business of the Third Reich.

The U.S. financial minister
Morgenthau and the exiled Norway government tried to get rid of the bank
(but Morgenthau was an Judenhof of the pope, he merely played a
comedy).

The British minister for finance affairs opposed to the
loosing stating that the bank was useful for the post war re-building
of Europe. Only in March 1945 they decided to add a special realistic
effect to their fantastic comedy, blocking the financial transaction of
the Third Reich as “…the pressure of the U.S. government was no more
avoidable by the Swiss !...”. Wow! What a panic! In fact the past
dealings of the BIS with the Nazis (BIS IS a Nazi bank…), vanished to
re-appear only in the 90ies….”.

If you think the Nazi holocaust was the only and last one you should not miss this film at google video:

In
Switzerland, the wars of XIX made the consequences of the roman way of
the Jesuits "divide and conquer" obvious, people saw the "divide" was
brainwashing people into hatred for each other to the point of killing
their fellow compatriots in the name of God.

Two articles were
adopted as exceptions for the constitution 51 and 52 where the Society
of Jesus (Jesuits) was outlawed and hundreds of its members expelled .

For
about 200 years the Jesuits tried hard to revoke the articles under the
guise of "intolerance against catholics" rather than intolerance to an organization that had been caught red handed brainwashing and turning a polulation against itself. listen to this audio to understand how this mirrors the current events in the U.S.:

Finally
the Jesuits, sometimes dressed as protestant priests, some times as
politicians, (whatever it takes to fulfill their God given
mission)succeeded in convincing the public that the horrors of WW2 were
"created" by religious intolerance while completely disregarding that
Hitler and Stalin were in fact pawns of the Jesuits.

In 1973 these articles were revoked for the sake of religious tolerance, all very fine...

But
the controversy "somehow" reappears in 2009 manipulating the mind of
people to see the beliefs of our Muslim compatriots with suspicion.

Of course "discretion" under the guise of "national security" about the
lies of 9/11 and its war on terror not being addressed by our leaders
and population seem to be having a big price to pay:

The
steadfast destruction of sovereignty of Switzerland towards one world
religion, one new world order with absolute power over beliefs and
dissidence, the loss of freedom.